by Carolyn Kramer, Transportation Investment Advocacy Center Manager A new analysis of eight states that passed legislation to increase their state motor fuel taxes in 2015 to pay for important new transportation improvements [...]
U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (D- Tenn.) stated Aug. 19 that Tennessee is at risk of losing approximately $60 million in federal highway funding due to a newly enacted state law that raised the [...]
By Tyler Kane, Transportation Investment Advocacy Center Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) signed an infrastructure bill that authorized $50 million for the state’s Small Bridge Program, as well as authorization for $750 million [...]
Two California Democratic legislators on Aug. 17 released a $7.4 billion transportation funding plan that would increase the state gas tax by 17 cents-per-gallon and the diesel tax by 30 cents-per-gallon, with both [...]
With Tyler Kane, Transportation Investment Advocacy Center As the impasse continues over increasing transportation funding, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) issued an executive order on Aug. 17 to utilize state General Fund [...]
By Tyler Kane, Transportation Investment Advocacy Center A poll conducted by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers concluded that nearly half of Americans in both parties believe infrastructure quality has declined over the past [...]
Phoenix, AZ residents voted on Aug. 26, 2015 to approve a 35-year transportation plan. The measure, funded in part by a renewal and increase in the city transportation sales tax from 0.4 percent to 0.7 [...]
By Tyler Kane, Transportation Investment Advocacy Center A new report published by the Minnesota Department of Transportation claims that the state’s highway congestion has risen by 2.3 percent to 23.4 percent. With the [...]
A 35-year plan, funded in part by a renewal and increase in the city transportation sales tax from 0.4 percent to 0.7 percent, to generate an anticipated $31.5 billion to fund local transportation [...]
Unable to garner enough votes to ensure the measure would be veto-proof, New Jersey Senate Democrats on Aug. 1 failed to bring to vote a plan that would increase transportation funding by $20 [...]